On 2/12/2008 Bayla wrote:
Thank you, Leonard and Iris for your responses. I can not tell you what exactly they found that made them bow out as you put it. I believe that it was in both ducts instead of only one, the entire gall bladder (they believe it began there and then went to the bile ducts) and a large part of the liver. We are in Sloan Kettering and her dr. is Dr. Jarnagin, who is one of the tops in the field, so I do trust his decision because he is quite optimistic and positive in general. Iris, did your husband have any chemo or radiation after he recovered from his surgery? Thanks again for your input.
Good Afternoon Bayla,
Pleased to hear your sister was being treated at Sloan Kettering a super facility in New York. When my wife was travelling with my daughter in New York she had a problem with her bile drain tube. She called her doctor at UCSF in San Francisco and told him the problem. He told my wife (Karen) to go to the IR department at Sloan Kettering and ask for Doctor Thornton (how previously worked at UCSF and knew Karen) and he would take care of her...she did and he did. Your sister is in god hands in a great hospital.
Saying that...I'm very sorry to hear they made the decision to not continue with the surgery, they may have saw something that they believe couldn't be resolved with surgery.
I'm sorry to hear this...we forget, I know I do...sometimes we give our opinion thinking everyone is the same and this just isn't the fact. Even though there are some similarities of issues...everyone is different and I guess we give information based on our own experiences. The doctor's specializing in this field know best....Sorry for rambling.
Take care of your sister and especially take of yourself...you are no help if you get run-down and sick.
Leonard from Alamo